I really enjoy these mini explores as much as the big ones, history is all arounds us and you help show the little signs from our past, wonderful Martin, well done to you and the guys.
I deliver on Lower Chatham Street every day and I never knew about the well. Absolutely fascinating! I will be taking a look tomorrow. Thanks for sharing Martin.
This may not be the place to ask this, but as I can see your enthusiasm for Manchester gone by, and it's architecture, I wonder if you would be interested to have something my mother gave me, which is a scrapbook compiled by her father around 1910, consisting of about 50 newspaper articles talking about the buildings and parts of Manchester. the articles are all written by a Mr T Swindells, described as the author of a book entitled "Manchester Streets and Manchester Men". Some of the later articles are headed "Manchester of the Past", and are said to be specially written for the paper. Titles include such things as "The beauties of the sylvan district of Ancoats". I live in Haslingden, but could probably post it to you. My mother has no idea why her father compiled this book, which is self bound, with brown paper pages, and I did have a handwritten note with the book explaining that it was made around 1910 in my mothers curlicue script handwriting. Let me know if you think it may be of interest to you. Regards Alan Partington
Great to see the large weir and archimedes (arky-me-deez) screw, at Radcliffe. Also, the old pack horse route. We still have the Pack Horse pub in Royston, South Yorkshire. Our old pack horse bridge is above a long disused quarry, behind the Co-op car park. Excellent to see the original tram depot clock tower kept. More developers should take note. Caligula, Martin? Tut. Chuckle. Lower Chatham Street well - fascinating. Best of all, thanks for having a shave.👌 Let's not be going there again, okay?
@@Aengus42 As a post-graduate qualified teacher of Functional English, Dyslexia specialist and 17 years experience has taught me, amongst other things, how to 'sound out' words to make them easier to pronounce.
@@Aengus42 No. Not at all. You might have been joking, instead of extracting the urine. I couldn't take the risk. I thought it better to show the correct pronunciation for in case one of Martin's viewers wasn't sure how to say it.
i really like these ones you do like this Martin, as always good work chap, an many thanks for all your endless perseverance putting these together for us each week i do love a little bit of history on sunday, top marks :)
Loved it. I visited Bealey's Goit some years ago and noticed (I think) that the sluice mechanism was made in Kilmarnock, so I contacted the museum there for further information. Loved the well and the bridge - not seen before. Often pass Weaste "tram depot" on my way to Weaste Cemetery, but had no idea that they only kept the front wall ! Many thanks Martin and James.
At some point before 1 June 1907 Bury council had claimed that half the old bridge was theirs - and demolished “their” half. The locals were upset because it was a right of way and they used it to get to the bleach works or to Radcliffe. They asked for it to be put back, but Bury council wasn’t admitting anything (or paying for it) and no other council wanted to pay up either, so it must have stayed demolished… (Bury Times 1/6/1907)
You should do a video on Compstall, just over werneth low in Hyde - sandwiched between Tameside and Marple. It’s a mill town built by George Andrew in the early 19th century. One of the mills is still there and there’s a huge weir and plenty of industrial remains at the man made reservoirs that supplied the mills
When you said "lower Chatham Street" I shuddered, having lived in horrific student halls there for a year almost 25 years ago. Can't believe I walked past that well almost every day.
Hi Martin, James and the crew. Some further trivia there is a capped off well in the Cruz101 club in the village. When the club first opened it was just an iron grid on top but as clubbers used it dump empty cans/bottles it was capped off with a solid capping. I am sure I can remember the Weaste tram/bus depot had opening doors on the frontage with Eccles road with tram rails running onto Eccles Road as well as on that side road. Also I am sure these double height doors were part of an attempted preservation order as they were ornate and metal? coated. Perhaps something to whet your curiosity. Cheers DougT in Mancs
Think I may start following these dudes.... never boring and, in my book, every day is a school day.... great information. Well thought out.... run, James, run... n get the tea on!
Great to see more tram track. The well looks like it has a cover as there is a straight line by hole 1. Also learned that the word Goight is not just an insult used in Red Dwarf.
Thank for posting this, I was born in Hope Hospital in Salford & lived in Eccles, when I was 5 we moved to Wales but still have Family on my dads side so go up now & then!
23:02, that's the mechanism to manually set the points. At every tram (not only back in the days but modern trams as well) all have an steel "stake" to switch the points. Sometimes because the automated switching fails, sometimes because they only can be hand switched. The old(er) systems around depots were all manual switches. The rebuilt of the backwall of the depot was not only because of the new windows in it but also because backwalls of depots have a hidden feature in it. Those walls are build as "easy to break" - when a tramcar wouldn't stop in the depot, it would break through the wall/doors at the end instead of crashing into the wall. The wall was build in such way the bricks would come easily out of the wall, preventing the depot from collapsing if a tram would hit the backwall. A tram crashing into the street behind the depot would effect less casualties or damage than the collaps of the depot.
You beat me to this reply by 4 months. That'll teach me for not scrolling down before adding my own comment about the points 🤣 These switches look like they were single bladed too.
So glad you covered Bealeys weir, occasionally I’ve delivered to DHL opposite, when you exit and turn right you can’t miss the weir. When there’s little water going over, it’s a beautiful structure. Loving your channel, excellent work
Fantastic guys, this is great. 15 mins walk from my home have walked some of this route.. Thanks guys. Being in a wheelchair I can't walk it anymore. Keep the trivia coming
Another Smashed It production by Sir Martin.I love all your work,but this truly appealed to my imagination. As you walk through Angel Meadow.I literally see the hardworking people who lived and too often died young there. You know I hate romanticizing poverty so I think honoring all of this city’s past both rich and poor is critical.Too often today people think they have it bad.and ok there is more than some acknowledge,but your work honors this city l fondly say adopted me. When I walk into Salford my first time,a bloke from across the pond,due to your incredible work I shall feel a kinship. I know it is an old promise,but yes pints are on me mate, I shall be honored to meet you when l fly into Manchester sometime in 23,and I hope it is ok to say your work and friendship from afar have gotten me through a lot. Survivors Manchester based in Salford brought me back from a rough place,and your videos have been equally of my heart. Thank you Martin,,
Excellent vid as always,, tram tracks still visible on Bennet Street opposite Rostron avenue, leading into the old tram depot, which was the Olympic freight depot of Hyde Road.. keep posting the vids.. 👍
I gotta tell ya, I’ve been watching your channel for a while now. Came across it by RUclips suggestions while looking at mine exploring channels . I use to live in Pennsylvania, now in Florida, and have been a history buff since I was in elementary school. Pennsylvania has a lot of historical buildings and mines. But compared to the UK it’s nothing. I love the way you explain the sites you visit, not just go there and say what it is and leave. Someday I would love to visit there and just tour the country, not for the ‘touristy’ places, but for the hidden architectural things. Thank you for showing the places you do, it really brings to light how old and beautiful your country is.
Fantastic video Martin. Back in the 90s I used to pass Weaste tram depot regularly. Yes the front fascia is original. At the rear in yard, the tracks fanned out to enter the back of the depot. In later years I think it was being used for warehousing.
@@MartinZero The Water well was also fascinating Martin. Reminded me of in Keith's book about the former 'Wishing Well Cafe' that had a water well in the corner. I was just born abit too late to have witnessed some of these gems in Manchester! ;-)
I'm really enjoying your videos. Great historic insights! I'm a Mancunian, born and bred hut haven't lived there for ages now. Presently living in South West France but planning a pilgrimage to visit some of the old sites you have kindly uncovered. Please keep this up. Thank you very much.
That was just brilliant loving the old bridge and the well, really interesting along with the old black and white pictures and maps. I enjoy Sunday nights with these historical tours around the region. Stay safe and Happy New Year.
Martin, your use of maps is great for the story, great work. A mistake on google earth, "I can't believe it." "Run James Run" priceless.... Little stories of historic trivia are just as important as the big stories or you could say "There is nothing trivial about history." Well well well Martin this was another great watch, and your narration is full of enthusiasm. Well, time to start the BBQ. Thanks to you and your team. How long do the batteries last in the torch?
Hi Martin, Hutchinson's goit supplied water to the East Lancashire Paper Mill in Radcliffe, where I worked as Mill Chemist. It fed into the 'city tea' lodge which was just alongside Church st. I remember the 'watermen' who looked after the lodges and goits that fed the mill. They would regularly clear the weeds from the goit - happy days !! Andy.
Excellent Martin! All Five!! I live near the old bridge and when I went for a walk down there I had funny looks from the residents in the houses, so Put me off! Lol. Well done !!!
Thanks a lot for the very interesting video! I love the variety of history and heritage you have there! I really like little places like this where you can still see details of what was. Greetings from Germany! :-)
Fascinating stuff as always!! I was brought up in Walkden and spent many hours wondering through the beautiful architecture and history of Manchester. It would be great to see a video of the cathedral and it's history. My father is a tour guide there when it's open and he would be privileged to show you around and share with you the fascinating stories. Best wishes and keep the videos coming.
Happy new year Martin! These tidbits are fascinating and I’m glad you documented them. I really like the weirs and the little goits, that sort of civil engineering lasting for so long, the history of what that water meant to the story of that area north of Manchester and the factories and the people that worked at them really makes you wonder.
Thanks Martin, that's a good start into the new year. Well chosen snippets and good to see some related to previous clips. As usual, the old photographs and maps are brilliantly adding to the atmosphere as well as the music does. 👍
Loved the bit about the well. Can't believe I walked past that several times a day for years when I worked in town. I've got a 1849 OS map of Gaythorne and it shows the Medlock still open curving round little Ireland, and Hulme St curving round the river where it meets Lower Chatham St. So that well would be very close to the bank of the river when it was culverted.
Martin, Another great video. Love the History of the U.K. Miss the Beard. Gave you an air of Authority and Wisdom. Your friend from Manchester, NH U.S.A
That box is for changing the points but the points are jammed with stone now. Thanks for your films. We have been stuck in abu dhabi for a long time and just now got back to the uk for good. Your films honestly helped to keep going in abu dhabi. Totally get ur enthusiasm. Im from hartlepool in the north east and dont know manchester at all but love em all the same
Martin, these films are excellent, really interesting, with informative narrative and brilliant use of current and older maps to orientate the viewer. I was born in Radcliffe but haven't lived there for over 45 years. My dad worked at the Mill next to the Irwell in the 70's and 80's when it was the Donald Macpherson paint factory.
Brilliant work Martin. Love the well. Told so many friends and family about your channel ( We all live in Manchester) they all watch your videos. The trap door in the Rochdale Canal, one of my favourite’s 🙂
RUN JAMES RUN!!!!! Classic footage!!! Had us in stitches!!! Well done Martin....another brilliantly put together video capturing these little glimpses of our past. Love looking at the old maps !! Sundays with Martin Zero reminds of the days of Time Team with Tony Robinson. Cant give higher praise than that. All the best . Lee.
You've done very well 🙂 Great stuff Martin. I really appreciate your time highlighting Manchester Health and happiness to you for 2022 Keep safe warm dry and virus free.
Amazing the traces of the past that are all around if only you know where to look. This channel is one of the best UK RUclips channels, and your videos are excellently produced. Great work. And important work, as in the future when some of these areas are gone forever, historians can show what YOU discovered was still there once.
Good one Martin! Like this format. The hole you found next to the tram lines is indeed used to change the points. In Blackpool the modern trams have a transponder which checks the points are set as it approaches. If not the signal to wait appears and if something has gone wonky the driver radios the control room and they are set from there. However many of the heritage fleet do not have transponders so at the North Pier where they need to go into the siding the conductor gets off inserts a 3'6" lever into the hole and pulls back on it to move the points. The tram pulls in then the conductor resets the points back to the main line.
The metallic box next to the tramtrack are the box to shift the track i two directions. The tramdriver had a long stick with a "key" that fitted into the hole. When turning it he could make the track shift from side to side...
I remember looking in the woods next to old blackford bridge and finding the old dye works along with a massive dump of bottles, some still with what looked like dye inside, its probably still all there!
Hi Martin. Excellent, as usual. You are right. They are not TRIVIA - they are ESSENTAILS. So you can rename your excellent five historical survivors as Essentials. Cheers mate. Keep 'em coming and stay safe.
Ah superb video Martin and James👌Recently moved to Castlebar County Mayo Ireland from Manchester in October just gone.I bloody miss my home town even more so watching these videos 👌👍
Glad you had a shave- you started to look like Techmoan's grandad 😲. Great video as always Martin - the well was the highlight for me as a real connection to the absolute poverty of the time.
Just found your channel.very good to watch. The part of salford where you found the tram lines and said about the landslide, the actual place we used to call the lanny , short for the landslide. We used to play there as kids. we lived at 325 great clowes street
The interesting thing about the weaste depot tram tracks is what they were connected to. The tracks that you showed us turned into Hessle St which was the street behind the depot. There it split into two tracks which entered the building through two seperate doors. Immediately inside was a "traverser" which was a set of sliding tracks that slid in a recess in the floor. The tram would go onto the traverser and this slid along sideways to line up with one of nine "track lanes" in the garage. The tram then drove off on to its allocated lane. In the morning the trams would drive off through points at the front of the garage though one of two doors out onto Eccles new Rd. There are pictures of this traverser, Hessle St and a garage track plan in the book Salfords Tramwasys vol 2 by Edward Grey.
Great stuff Martin and mates. I liked the Archimedean screw working in reverse as a generator rather than pumping water up as in olden days! As you say the well is amazing too.
I really enjoy these mini explores as much as the big ones, history is all arounds us and you help show the little signs from our past, wonderful Martin, well done to you and the guys.
Sunday with Martin, James, and five more bits of history… it’s a good day 😊
Edit: 5:01 Brilliant 😄
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Couldn't agree more, such a treat to sit down on a Sunday evening. And the five interesting things series is just a fab format.
I deliver on Lower Chatham Street every day and I never knew about the well. Absolutely fascinating! I will be taking a look tomorrow. Thanks for sharing Martin.
Not so much pieces of historic trivia as small nuggets of historical gold Martin. Many 🙏
This may not be the place to ask this, but as I can see your enthusiasm for Manchester gone by, and it's architecture, I wonder if you would be interested to have something my mother gave me, which is a scrapbook compiled by her father around 1910, consisting of about 50 newspaper articles talking about the buildings and parts of Manchester. the articles are all written by a Mr T Swindells, described as the author of a book entitled "Manchester Streets and Manchester Men". Some of the later articles are headed "Manchester of the Past", and are said to be specially written for the paper. Titles include such things as "The beauties of the sylvan district of Ancoats". I live in Haslingden, but could probably post it to you. My mother has no idea why her father compiled this book, which is self bound, with brown paper pages, and I did have a handwritten note with the book explaining that it was made around 1910 in my mothers curlicue script handwriting.
Let me know if you think it may be of interest to you.
Regards
Alan Partington
You might want to prompt Martin again if you haven't heard from him by now!
Great to see the large weir and archimedes (arky-me-deez) screw, at Radcliffe. Also, the old pack horse route. We still have the Pack Horse pub in Royston, South Yorkshire. Our old pack horse bridge is above a long disused quarry, behind the Co-op car park.
Excellent to see the original tram depot clock tower kept. More developers should take note.
Caligula, Martin? Tut. Chuckle.
Lower Chatham Street well - fascinating.
Best of all, thanks for having a shave.👌 Let's not be going there again, okay?
How'd you know it wasn't pronounced "Are-kimmy-deeze"?
It's like the Radio Times should be the "Raddy-otto-meeze"! 😆
@@Aengus42 As a post-graduate qualified teacher of Functional English, Dyslexia specialist and 17 years experience has taught me, amongst other things, how to 'sound out' words to make them easier to pronounce.
@@quickclipsbyjmj No doubt.
But did that experience rob you of a sense of humour too?
I fear it may have done...
@@Aengus42 No. Not at all. You might have been joking, instead of extracting the urine. I couldn't take the risk. I thought it better to show the correct pronunciation for in case one of Martin's viewers wasn't sure how to say it.
So that must mean an Arch is actually an Ark.🤭🤭
I’m glad that James is a mainstay in your videos now, it’s like when Dr. Who teamed up with Maryanne, it just works. Love your work
Well said Martin … I certainly appreciate the “trivia” you’re bringing light to … thank you 🙏
Thanks Nigel
Social History at its finest. Great work Martin!
Thanks Paul
i really like these ones you do like this Martin, as always good work chap, an many thanks for all your endless perseverance putting these together for us each week i do love a little bit of history on sunday, top marks :)
Thank you
Loved it. I visited Bealey's Goit some years ago and noticed (I think) that the sluice mechanism was made in Kilmarnock, so I contacted the museum there for further information. Loved the well and the bridge - not seen before. Often pass Weaste "tram depot" on my way to Weaste Cemetery, but had no idea that they only kept the front wall ! Many thanks Martin and James.
At some point before 1 June 1907 Bury council had claimed that half the old bridge was theirs - and demolished “their” half. The locals were upset because it was a right of way and they used it to get to the bleach works or to Radcliffe. They asked for it to be put back, but Bury council wasn’t admitting anything (or paying for it) and no other council wanted to pay up either, so it must have stayed demolished… (Bury Times 1/6/1907)
You should do a video on Compstall, just over werneth low in Hyde - sandwiched between Tameside and Marple. It’s a mill town built by George Andrew in the early 19th century. One of the mills is still there and there’s a huge weir and plenty of industrial remains at the man made reservoirs that supplied the mills
When you said "lower Chatham Street" I shuddered, having lived in horrific student halls there for a year almost 25 years ago. Can't believe I walked past that well almost every day.
Just love this history of Manchester thanks Martin and James
Hi Martin, James and the crew. Some further trivia there is a capped off well in the Cruz101 club in the village. When the club first opened it was just an iron grid on top but as clubbers used it dump empty cans/bottles it was capped off with a solid capping. I am sure I can remember the Weaste tram/bus depot had opening doors on the frontage with Eccles road with tram rails running onto Eccles Road as well as on that side road. Also I am sure these double height doors were part of an attempted preservation order as they were ornate and metal? coated. Perhaps something to whet your curiosity. Cheers DougT in Mancs
Thanks for the info Doug, interesting about the well
Another brilliant video Martin! You guys do Manchester and it’s storied history PROUD
Haven't even watched this yet, but I KNOW it's right down my alley! 😍
Cheers Adam
Think I may start following these dudes.... never boring and, in my book, every day is a school day.... great information. Well thought out.... run, James, run... n get the tea on!
Excellent historical snippets of Manchesters past. ❤️
Cracking little gems! That collapsed bridge was my fav and that well, how fascinating, you wouldn't want to lose your keys or phone down there! 😳😁
Great to see more tram track. The well looks like it has a cover as there is a straight line by hole 1. Also learned that the word Goight is not just an insult used in Red Dwarf.
Love Red Dwarf!!!!
I am not from your area but I do love the Industrial and urban history of the British Isles, and your Anneka Rice impression, now to find the clue ;-)
Happy New Year Martin and thanks for another very interesting video. I hope future generations watch and learn from your extensive research ☺
Thank you Dilwyn
I like this guy. Enthusiasm! Passion! Knowledge!
Thank for posting this, I was born in Hope Hospital in Salford & lived in Eccles, when I was 5 we moved to Wales but still have Family on my dads side so go up now & then!
23:02, that's the mechanism to manually set the points. At every tram (not only back in the days but modern trams as well) all have an steel "stake" to switch the points. Sometimes because the automated switching fails, sometimes because they only can be hand switched. The old(er) systems around depots were all manual switches.
The rebuilt of the backwall of the depot was not only because of the new windows in it but also because backwalls of depots have a hidden feature in it. Those walls are build as "easy to break" - when a tramcar wouldn't stop in the depot, it would break through the wall/doors at the end instead of crashing into the wall. The wall was build in such way the bricks would come easily out of the wall, preventing the depot from collapsing if a tram would hit the backwall. A tram crashing into the street behind the depot would effect less casualties or damage than the collaps of the depot.
You beat me to this reply by 4 months. That'll teach me for not scrolling down before adding my own comment about the points 🤣 These switches look like they were single bladed too.
So glad you covered Bealeys weir, occasionally I’ve delivered to DHL opposite, when you exit and turn right you can’t miss the weir. When there’s little water going over, it’s a beautiful structure.
Loving your channel, excellent work
Fantastic guys, this is great. 15 mins walk from my home have walked some of this route.. Thanks guys. Being in a wheelchair I can't walk it anymore. Keep the trivia coming
Spring Gardens and Fountain Street. Now I know where the names came from. Thanks Martin.
Love these little finds, thanks Martin, brilliant as always.
Cheers 😃
Thanks Guys for taking me along with you today !
Another Smashed It production by Sir Martin.I love all your work,but this truly appealed to my imagination. As you walk through Angel Meadow.I literally see the hardworking people who lived and too often died young there. You know I hate romanticizing poverty so I think honoring all of this city’s past both rich and poor is critical.Too often today people think they have it bad.and ok there is more than some acknowledge,but your work honors this city l fondly say adopted me. When I walk into Salford my first time,a bloke from across the pond,due to your incredible work I shall feel a kinship. I know it is an old promise,but yes pints are on me mate, I shall be honored to meet you when l fly into Manchester sometime in 23,and I hope it is ok to say your work and friendship from afar have gotten me through a lot. Survivors Manchester based in Salford brought me back from a rough place,and your videos have been equally of my heart. Thank you Martin,,
This sort of stuff is brilliant. Places you just walk by, literally under your feet, without knowing. Keep 'em coming! Love it.
Wow! Another great video. That well is amazing. Keep up the great work Martin.
Hi Martin great video and greetings from Cornwall
Greetings to Cornwall
Excellent vid as always,, tram tracks still visible on Bennet Street opposite Rostron avenue, leading into the old tram depot, which was the Olympic freight depot of Hyde Road.. keep posting the vids.. 👍
I gotta tell ya, I’ve been watching your channel for a while now. Came across it by RUclips suggestions while looking at mine exploring channels . I use to live in Pennsylvania, now in Florida, and have been a history buff since I was in elementary school. Pennsylvania has a lot of historical buildings and mines. But compared to the UK it’s nothing. I love the way you explain the sites you visit, not just go there and say what it is and leave. Someday I would love to visit there and just tour the country, not for the ‘touristy’ places, but for the hidden architectural things. Thank you for showing the places you do, it really brings to light how old and beautiful your country is.
A triumph! Especially the authentic Roman footings. I love this format, Martin, well done.🇯🇪
Fantastic video Martin. Back in the 90s I used to pass Weaste tram depot regularly. Yes the front fascia is original. At the rear in yard, the tracks fanned out to enter the back of the depot. In later years I think it was being used for warehousing.
Thanks John yeah I remember the bus depot
@@MartinZero The Water well was also fascinating Martin. Reminded me of in Keith's book about the former 'Wishing Well Cafe' that had a water well in the corner. I was just born abit too late to have witnessed some of these gems in Manchester! ;-)
It's the small things that make up the big picture. These trivia artifacts are the pixels in it. Thanks for sharing !
Happy New Year Martin and James, I’m looking forward to watching many more of your most interesting and enjoyable explores in 2022.
Thanks Paul Happy new year
I'm really enjoying your videos. Great historic insights! I'm a Mancunian, born and bred hut haven't lived there for ages now. Presently living in South West France but planning a pilgrimage to visit some of the old sites you have kindly uncovered. Please keep this up.
Thank you very much.
That was just brilliant loving the old bridge and the well, really interesting along with the old black and white pictures and maps. I enjoy Sunday nights with these historical tours around the region. Stay safe and Happy New Year.
Fantastic video 📹 and history of Manchester, and they wonder why people don't watch TV anymore. More please.
Martin, your use of maps is great for the story, great work. A mistake on google earth, "I can't believe it." "Run James Run" priceless.... Little stories of historic trivia are just as important as the big stories or you could say "There is nothing trivial about history." Well well well Martin this was another great watch, and your narration is full of enthusiasm. Well, time to start the BBQ. Thanks to you and your team. How long do the batteries last in the torch?
Hi Martin, Hutchinson's goit supplied water to the East Lancashire Paper Mill in Radcliffe, where I worked as Mill Chemist. It fed into the 'city tea' lodge which was just alongside Church st. I remember the 'watermen' who looked after the lodges and goits that fed the mill. They would regularly clear the weeds from the goit - happy days !! Andy.
Excellent Martin! All
Five!! I live near the old bridge and when I went for a walk down there I had funny looks from the residents in the houses, so
Put me off! Lol. Well done !!!
Hi Martin, thanks for the shout out 👍 glad you managed to do the goits/ weir in Radcliffe. Great video as always. Ste
No problem, thanks for the info
Thanks a lot for the very interesting video! I love the variety of history and heritage you have there! I really like little places like this where you can still see details of what was. Greetings from Germany! :-)
Brilliant Martin. Thank you. You tell the stories so well. Keep up the good work. 👍
Thanks for another great video. Have a happy and healthy 2022.
Keep these up Martin, five times as much history in one hit, superb👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Really good Martin great watch
Fascinating stuff as always!! I was brought up in Walkden and spent many hours wondering through the beautiful architecture and history of Manchester. It would be great to see a video of the cathedral and it's history. My father is a tour guide there when it's open and he would be privileged to show you around and share with you the fascinating stories. Best wishes and keep the videos coming.
yet another gem of a broadcast..well done guys and thank you
Great stuff, that second wierwas awesome. Keep um coming. God bless
Corker wasnt it
Happy new year Martin! These tidbits are fascinating and I’m glad you documented them. I really like the weirs and the little goits, that sort of civil engineering lasting for so long, the history of what that water meant to the story of that area north of Manchester and the factories and the people that worked at them really makes you wonder.
Thanks Martin, that's a good start into the new year. Well chosen snippets and good to see some related to previous clips. As usual, the old photographs and maps are brilliantly adding to the atmosphere as well as the music does. 👍
Thanks Thomas
Loved the bit about the well. Can't believe I walked past that several times a day for years when I worked in town. I've got a 1849 OS map of Gaythorne and it shows the Medlock still open curving round little Ireland, and Hulme St curving round the river where it meets Lower Chatham St. So that well would be very close to the bank of the river when it was culverted.
Martin, Another great video. Love the History of the U.K. Miss the Beard. Gave you an air of Authority and Wisdom. Your friend from Manchester, NH U.S.A
That box is for changing the points but the points are jammed with stone now. Thanks for your films. We have been stuck in abu dhabi for a long time and just now got back to the uk for good. Your films honestly helped to keep going in abu dhabi. Totally get ur enthusiasm. Im from hartlepool in the north east and dont know manchester at all but love em all the same
Fascinated by the well!
The screw in the water pipe is Archimedes screw / Spiral love your videos brilliant thanks for them all Martin
Great double act Martin & James marvelous film
just fabulous. great watching, brilliant.
Martin, these films are excellent, really interesting, with informative narrative and brilliant use of current and older maps to orientate the viewer. I was born in Radcliffe but haven't lived there for over 45 years. My dad worked at the Mill next to the Irwell in the 70's and 80's when it was the Donald Macpherson paint factory.
Brilliant work Martin. Love the well. Told so many friends and family about your channel ( We all live in Manchester) they all watch your videos. The trap door in the Rochdale Canal, one of my favourite’s 🙂
Wonderful little gems Martin, I think it's important that you are documenting them before their meaning is forgotten forever.
Yeah, I think I may have at least another 3
I remember the old tram lines , was having a wander round there a while ago. Smashing video again Martin, cheers, Slurp
RUN JAMES RUN!!!!! Classic footage!!! Had us in stitches!!! Well done Martin....another brilliantly put together video capturing these little glimpses of our past. Love looking at the old maps !! Sundays with Martin Zero reminds of the days of Time Team with Tony Robinson. Cant give higher praise than that. All the best . Lee.
Brilliant video Martin. The old bridge, deffo my fave out of all of them, I need to photograph it.
I'll take you there
Fascinating, thankyou!
You've done very well 🙂
Great stuff Martin.
I really appreciate your time highlighting Manchester
Health and happiness to you for 2022
Keep safe warm dry and virus free.
Amazing the traces of the past that are all around if only you know where to look. This channel is one of the best UK RUclips channels, and your videos are excellently produced. Great work. And important work, as in the future when some of these areas are gone forever, historians can show what YOU discovered was still there once.
Martin! Another first class video Thanks! Beloved and I were transfixed.
Excellent social history. It may be small but it's very important! 👍
Fantastic, especially Blackford Bridge & the old Rd. Thanks for covering this Martin 👍
Good one Martin! Like this format. The hole you found next to the tram lines is indeed used to change the points. In Blackpool the modern trams have a transponder which checks the points are set as it approaches. If not the signal to wait appears and if something has gone wonky the driver radios the control room and they are set from there. However many of the heritage fleet do not have transponders so at the North Pier where they need to go into the siding the conductor gets off inserts a 3'6" lever into the hole and pulls back on it to move the points. The tram pulls in then the conductor resets the points back to the main line.
great production Martin, really like these short snippets of Manchester history.👍👍
A truly fascinating video.
Props to James and the steady cam while running.😁👍
The metallic box next to the tramtrack are the box to shift the track i two directions. The tramdriver had a long stick with a "key" that fitted into the hole. When turning it he could make the track shift from side to side...
Production get's better and better fascinating story and much appreciated Martin.
Loving these collections of short articles Martin. Another really great video. Thanks
Good to see you back. Happy New Year from Bill the Mancunian in Western Australia.
I can still remember the park in the beginning.
On to five new locations.
Was interesting to watch.
Thankyou! Fantastic as ever!
I remember looking in the woods next to old blackford bridge and finding the old dye works along with a massive dump of bottles, some still with what looked like dye inside, its probably still all there!
Hi Martin. Excellent, as usual. You are right. They are not TRIVIA - they are ESSENTAILS. So you can rename your excellent five historical survivors as Essentials. Cheers mate. Keep 'em coming and stay safe.
I love the industrial heritage , the dank , gloomy , and gritty past
Ah superb video Martin and James👌Recently moved to Castlebar County Mayo Ireland from Manchester in October just gone.I bloody miss my home town even more so watching these videos 👌👍
Glad you had a shave- you started to look like Techmoan's grandad 😲. Great video as always Martin - the well was the highlight for me as a real connection to the absolute poverty of the time.
I loved the Well
That was brilliant Martin! Really well done on that mate.
Hello, and thanks very much 👍
Just found your channel.very good to watch.
The part of salford where you found the tram lines and said about the landslide, the actual place we used to call the lanny , short for the landslide. We used to play there as kids.
we lived at 325 great clowes street
And another great video buddy 👍 👏 👌 😀 thanks
The interesting thing about the weaste depot tram tracks is what they were connected to. The tracks that you showed us turned into Hessle St which was the street behind the depot. There it split into two tracks which entered the building through two seperate doors. Immediately inside was a "traverser" which was a set of sliding tracks that slid in a recess in the floor. The tram would go onto the traverser and this slid along sideways to line up with one of nine "track lanes" in the garage. The tram then drove off on to its allocated lane. In the morning the trams would drive off through points at the front of the garage though one of two doors out onto Eccles new Rd. There are pictures of this traverser, Hessle St and a garage track plan in the book Salfords Tramwasys vol 2 by Edward Grey.
Absolutely stunning....loving the "trivia!"
Another excellent video, quickly becoming my favourite RUclipsr Martin. Thank you for doing these 😎
Cheers Dave
Great stuff Martin and mates. I liked the Archimedean screw working in reverse as a generator rather than pumping water up as in olden days! As you say the well is amazing too.
Brilliant. Love these 'trivia' videos. Excellent work 👏👏
Thanks Stu